Force result for empty() test on an object
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        Published on 2010-06-16T10:36:02Z
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Hello !
Simple class for example:
class Foo
{
    protected $_bar;
    public function setBar( $value ) {
        $this->_bar = $value;
    }
}
And here is the question:
$obj = new Foo();
  var_dump( empty( $obj ) );  // true
$obj->setBar( 'foobar' );
  var_dump( empty( $obj ) );  // false
Is it possible to change class's behaviour with testing it with empty() function so it will returns true when object is not filled with data ?
I know about magic function __isset( $name ) but it is called only when we test specific field like:
empty( $obj->someField );
but not when test whole object.
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